Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Horseshoe Beach commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Horseshoe Beach for work; outside it, Cross City is the main destination (9%, 17 miles). Horseshoe Beach has 7 jobs for 55 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Horseshoe Beach on a workday afternoon
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Horseshoe Beach on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Horseshoe Beach’s residents
Where Horseshoe Beach clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Most jobs in Horseshoe Beach are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Horseshoe Beach, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 7. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Horseshoe Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Horseshoe Beach
of Horseshoe Beach workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Horseshoe Beach’s commute, mile by mile
About 52% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Horseshoe Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Horseshoe Beach?
$62,768 (±$32,645) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Horseshoe Beach?
5.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Horseshoe Beach work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cross City (9%, 17 mi), Jacksonville (5%, 115 mi), Gainesville (5%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Horseshoe Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Horseshoe Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Horseshoe Beach
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.